surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
to be intolerable; to be unpardonable
to be hesitant; to feel timid
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
the other day; a few days ago
setting a place; setting the table
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
technical skill; ability; capacity
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
general; popular; common; typical
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude
that is to say; so that means
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
I see; that's right; indeed
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
scratch; chip; flaw; fault; shame; disgrace
to say; to tell; to state; to do
strict; hidebound; inflexible; being a stickler for the rules; sticking hard and fast to the rules
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to watch over; to watch attentively
lately; recently; nowadays
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
the way one works; one's working manner
expression; presentation; representation; notation
arrogance; insolence; disrespect
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me